Cooperation in the neotropical pseudoscorpion, Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888): Feeding and dispersal behavior

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-131

  Tizo Pedroso, E ^a   Del Claro, K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Cooperation; Cooperative prey capture; Phoresy; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD LIMITATION; GENERALIST; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHORESY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; PARATEMNOIDES; PSEUDOSCORPIONES;

EID: 34248193945     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0931-z     Document Type: Article

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